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• I-80 Shutdown At Magra Road Due To Semi-Truck Fire

  14-07-2018 23:48
  3:40 p.m. UPDATE: CAL FIRE Nevada-Yuba-Placer confirmed that the semi truck was hauling baking soda.
  Firefighters said they are committed for another two hours at the scene.
  The vegetation fire was contained to a half acre.
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  PLACER COUNTY (CBS13) — A fully involved semi-truck fire on Interstate 80 and Dutch Flat closed down the road in both directions, CAL FIRE said. The forward progress of the fire has stopped and CAL FIRE said they are gaining ground on the vegetation fire.
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• MetroFire: Vegetation Fire In Rio Linda At Elkhorn Blvd Finished At 12 Acres

  14-07-2018 22:13
  2 p.m. UPDATE: The final acreage was 12 acres, according to Metro Fire.
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  RIO LINDA (CBS13) — A vegetation fire has broken out in Rio Linda, according to Sacramento Metro Fire.
  The fire was dispatched by Sacramento Metro Fire at 12:44 p.m. Saturday at Elkhorn Blvd. and Elkhorn Manor Drive.
  Multiple engines are on scene as well as a helicopter.
  Firefighters said the fire is burning five acres at this time and no structures are threatened. However, there are homeless camps in the area
  
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• Gas Station Clerk Saves Woman From Kidnapper

  14-07-2018 08:50
  WATERFORD (CBS13) — An alleged kidnapping victim is free from her captors after hiding in a gas station bathroom and calling the cops with the clerks’ phone.
  Surveillance cameras captured the victim reaching out to the store clerk for a lifeline, then hiding out in the bathroom where she locked the door until police came.
  She made it with the help of a fast-thinking clerk who helped save her.
  Savannah Pritchett was at work at the Waterford Triple R Gas and Mart when a woman got out o
  
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• Say No To Crack: Cops Find Gun Holstered In Suspect’s Heinie

  14-07-2018 08:25
  PATTERSON (CBS13) — A man was arrested after investigators found a gun holstered in his heinie
  Patterson Police executing a search warrant found the suspect had hidden a gun from officers in his flesh holster.
  Officers found another gun that wasn’t lodged in his crack as well as drugs.
   
  
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• Heat, Humidity Arrive For First Day Of California State Fair

  14-07-2018 08:07
  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — If you stepped outside Friday, you know it was unusual.
  “It is hot!” said a young fairgoer.
  “Very hot,” added another woman downtown.
  It was also a different kind of hot.“Cloudy humid and no wind,” said one man in regards to the morning’s weather.
  “I do not love it, I do not love it,” said one woman enjoying a night out in the park.
  The heat doesn’t stop the summer fun from Concerts in Park downtown to the Cal
  
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• Tree Explosion Leaves Stockton Neighbors Shaken

  14-07-2018 03:54
  STOCKTON (CBS13) — Several people in a Stockton neighborhood are still startled after hearing a loud noise.
  Earl Summers and his wife, Nancy were inside their north Stockton home relaxing in front of the television when they heard something that sounded much like gunfire.
  “All of a sudden we heard the biggest commotion I’ve heard, I didn’t know if it was an earthquake or a train running through the backyard. My wife jumped up and looked out the window and hollered, oh my
  
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• Davis Youth Tackle Football Program Cancels 2018 Season

  14-07-2018 03:44
  DAVIS (CBS13) — A youth football program in Davis has canceled its 2018 season after enrollment dropped amid concerns about player safety.
  For years, the Junior Blue Devils program in Davis has been a proud family tradition.
  “Football has just been one of those things I grew up in. My dad played college football at UC Davis,” said Ethan Iacono.
  And Iacono followed. He played football at Davis High, and soon in college. He feels, with proper training, the sport can have great be
  
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• Firefighter Who Died In Highway 65 Motorcycle Crash Identified

  14-07-2018 03:10
  LINCOLN (CBS13) — South Placer firefighters are mourning the loss of one of their own.
  David Volk, 31, died sometime between Thursday night and Friday morning from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident.
  The California Highway Patrol says Volk, a five-year veteran with the department, was traveling northbound on his 2015 Harley Davidson motorcycle on Highway 65 near the Lincoln Boulevard exit when he most likely hit a guardrail and was thrown off the bike.
  “So it wasn’t vi
  
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